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6 Vertical tillage machine
8 Precision tillage where its
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TILLAGE EQUIPMENT
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Tillage is making a comeback in Western Canada, largely as a result of some higher moisture conditions and the resulting field tracking and slough building effects it has created.
Tillage is not a four letter word, but till is. Looking back to the mid 1990s, it appeared as if tillage was
responsible for the cyclical droughts and low grain prices, along with soil erosion, salinity and environmental degradation of several sorts. In the times of half-and-half summerfallow, tillage did cause
problems and it was inefficient.
Reduced tillage systems and continuous cropping were made possible largely with the introduction of
new crops, new genetics and improved herbicides.
However ,a few decades of continuous cropping has resulted in many producers finding that beyond
having their soils develop greater potential to naturally deliver more nutrients to the soil through
increased organic matter levels, they are seeing some effects of compaction.
Add to this the challenges of creating hospitable seedbeds after several wet years replaced droughty
ones, a few heavy trash seasons and a few tough-to-kill weeds situations and many growers are once
again looking a variety of forms of tillage. From harrowing to sub-soiling, producers are looking at pulling some steel though the soil, or at least tickling their fields a little.
The marketplace has provided several European style solutions in the form of vertical tillage systems
that usually involve discs cutting a few inches, to break up the surface and incorporate field residue.
Recent research suggests that traditional tillage systems can do a lot of damage when it comes to
erosion, however tillage done appropriately is also being shown to reduce nutrient erosion, where it is
bound to soil.
For growers with sloughs to manage and sprayer tracks to flatten the choice is only steel. The current
crop of tillage tools have evolved from the cultivators that are rusting quietly on many farms today.
In this edition of Techs and Specs we look at machines from cultivators to vertical tillage tools and
harrows and hope you find it interesting and informative. As always, we expect that we will miss a
machine or two in our lineup, although we try not to, and look forward to hearing from you about it.
WHEN IS
TILLAGE
NOT TILLAGE?
when it gets vertical

Story by Ron Lyseng
Western Producer Staff
Te c h s & S p e c s - N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 3
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A string of wet springs has steered a lot of
prairie farmers into vertical tillage as a way to
seed into soggy soil.
Most producers say their new equipment
accomplished what it was supposed to,
which was to get them seeding sooner.
However, vertical tillage can also be an
important tool in fighting crop disease, says
Jim Boak, a field representative for Salford
Machinery, one of the first companies to sell
vertical tillage machines to prairie farmers.
Guys caught on right away that vertical
tillage is a big help seeding in wet conditions,
but its an important tool in any zero till
operation, said Boak.
Zero till is based on the fact that we
retain undisturbed crop residue on the
surface. Whether a producer uses a disc
drill or hoe drill, the success of the seeding
operation depends on cutting a fresh trench
into a firm, pure seedbed. Seeds dont like a

disturbed seedbed.
He said producers dont want to
incorporate crop residue, especially in the
spring.
Residue carries all kinds of diseases that
flourish when buried, and decomposing plant
matter creates toxins that impact the young
crop, he said.
Leave residue on the surface. Tandem
discs are especially bad for burying
pathogenic residues.
Boak said a true vertical tillage machine,
when adjusted properly, leaves a firm seed
bed while retaining crop residue on the
surface where it wont harm the emerging
crop.
However, not everyone who has bought
a vertical tillage machine is certain theyre
doing true vertical tillage or are even sure
they know what vertical tillage is.

Boak said vertical tillage is simply lifting
the shallow top surface of the soil without
causing horizontal soil movement.
Heres what we find. When vertical till is
done correctly, it puts some air movement
into the residue cover and the top layer of
soil. The operation releases a small amount
of moisture at the surface, which evaporates
through the residue cover. All other moisture
remains locked in the soil for the crop.
He said moisture rising in the soil is
trapped below the residue layer, which is
like a vapour barrier that prevents migrating
moisture from escaping into the atmosphere.
If your morning air temperature is 50
degrees (10 C) and your soil temperature
is 45 degrees (7 C) if you work that field
with your vertical till machine to get some air
movement, the soil will be 70 degrees (21 C)
FAR LEFT: Salford dealer Don Droesch

explains that the shallow disc disturbs
just enough of the residue and soil
surface, while leaving firm soil to create
a good seedbed, provided the seed drops
precisely behind the coulter. | Salford
photo
BELOW: The new drills are so heavy
and they sink so easily... but we seed at
eight miles per hour in wet fields, so that
makes up for a lot, says Alberta farmer
Matt Kremeniuk discussing how his
Salford 1100 lets him go seeding while
his main air drill sits on the sideline. |
Salford photo
to
straight down soil movement.

There were only a few of us building true
vertical tillage machines: Salford, Summers,
Great Plains, McFarlane down in Wisconsin
and Phoenix, who went out of business.
He said the five competitors had a lot in
common. They all ran ripple discs, straight
discs or a combination of both, but the
discs ran at a zero degree angle. They all
had harrows for residue management and
recommended a maximum working depth of
two to 2.5 inches unless the field was badly
rutted.
Running that shallow through trash cover
disturbs an inch of residue and the top inch
of surface soil. It weakens the crust so the
harrows can break it up.
Dont go any deeper because you want
your drill to place seed into firm soil that has
not been worked, he said.
If you run your vertical tillage machine
deeper, then youll be placing seed into loose
soil. We all know that loose soil is a problem
with any horizontal tillage or horizontal soil
movement. If you work the whole seed bed
so its loose, youve got to go deeper to find
firm ground for the seeds.
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by early afternoon and you can go seeding,

he said.
If you run the discs deeper than two and
a half inches, or if you have any horizontal soil
movement, then youre not doing true vertical
tillage. When you do it right, the field should
look like a stick of butter after you gently
pulled your fork over the top. Just parallel
lines on the surface, thats all.
Boak said theres nothing wrong with
horizontal tillage if more soil disturbance is
the goal. Its simply a matter of keeping intent
and terminology straight.
The term vertical tillage used to refer to
deep tillage, deep rippers, vertical rippers,
inline rippers and all those practices deeper
than 13 inches that were intended to alleviate
deep compaction, he said.
Today when we say vertical tillage,
were referring to shallow disturbance in the
seeding zone only. And never so deep that we
lose the firm seed bed.
Boak said the concept of shallow vertical
tillage began to gain acceptance a decade ago
when some manufacturers started developing
machines that significantly reduced lateral soil
movement and caused only straight up and
Canola, for example, should go in at

three-quarters of an inch. So youll want
your vertical till machine to leave you about
three-quarters of an inch of mixed soil and
residue.
Below that, you have the firm soil for the
canola seed.
Boak said other companies have recently
started labelling machines as vertical tillage
tools, but they dont meet the criteria. They
either work too deep or the discs run at an
angle causing horizontal soil movement.
Smart-Till and Airway tried to fit the
vertical till class, but they were deeper
working tools, not true vertical till, he said.
Back in about 2006 or 2007, Case IH took
their 340 discer and bought some slightly
dished blades for it and installed them on an
18 degree angle. They called it vertical tillage,
but its not. Discs at 18 degrees disturb a lot
of soil.
Boak said Case opened the floodgate, and
anyone who sold any type of disc cultivator
now had a vertical tillage machine on the
market.
None of this is vertical tillage. This is really
the finest hour for horizontal tillage.
He said the Landoll VT has discs angled
at 10 degrees on seven inch spacing, which
creates lots of side movement of soil. Its full
cultivation but not vertical tillage, he added.
These new European compact disc
cultivators are promoted by some local
dealers as vertical tillage, but they do not
meet the criteria. Those are the Lemken,
Joker, Amazon and Vaderstad, he said.
A vertical tillage machine must have zero
degrees of angle on the disc. It must make
a straight line in the soil and it must work
shallow. If it cannot do those two things, its
not true vertical tillage.
For more information, contact Boak at 519670-1004 or visit www.salfordmachine.com.
vertical TILLAGE
machine
enters heavy clay zone
Story by Ron Lyseng
Farmers learned long ago that tillage

equipment designed for light soil often ended
up on the scrap metal pile after it hit heavy
clay soil.
Over the decades, that fact fostered a
unique manufacturing niche running parallel
to the mainstream that specialized in robust
equipment for heavy clay soil.
These designers focused on farmers in the
heavy clay regions of the Red River Valley,
Regina Plains and Peace River.
Mandako Agri Marketing of Plum Coulee,
Man., is one of those companies, and its
Twister Vertical Tillage machine is one of its
latest tools aimed at farmers who have to
cope with heavy clay. Mandako claims its the
heaviest vertical till machine on the market.
The strict definition of vertical tillage
refers to a disc that runs at a zero degree angle
to straight forward and only tickles the surface
to a maximum depth of three inches, thus
leaving distinct straight lines on the surface.
However, Lou Peters of Mandako said that
strict interpretation of vertical tillage does not
fit the needs of producers on heavy clay.
He said a tillage machine must always be
engineered to meet the needs of the end
user. With that guiding thought, the company

designed the Twister to do things that other
vertical tillage machines cannot.
Vertical till discs normally run at zero
degrees, but when the Twister gets into heavy
residue or rough ground, the operator can
remotely change the disc angle up to nine
degrees from straight ahead.
Peters said that with all that frame stress,

the Twister frame does not twist, even though
operators typically run at 10 m.p.h.
All framing is half inch thick rectangular
tubing, so speed is not a problem, he said.
Theres never a need to add weight
because weve built the weight into the frame,
where it does some good. Instead of just
FAR LEFT: Although Twister runs zero degrees to

straight like most true vertical till machines, it also
has the ability to hydraulically angle the coulters
all the way to nine degrees for maximum trash
management and busting up clods. | Mandanko
photo
FAR BOTTOM LEFT: With half-inch thick steel
throughout the frame, the Twister is a robust
vertical till machine, sporting some of the heaviest
construction on the market. It is specifically
designed for regions with heavy clay soils.
| Mandanko photo
LEFT: Rather than the old gang style system,
Twister utilizes independent spring-loaded arms
which each carry a pair of discs. Spring pressure is
650 psi with no load, and increases to 1,400 p.s.i.
under full pressure. Twister clients in Minnesota
and North Dakota use the machine to perform
something they call zone tillage. Zone tillage uses
a regular shallow vertical till cultivator running
directly over the harvested crop row to fracture
the soil down to 12 inches. | Mandanko photo
carrying the weight, its part of the frame. Its

added strength, not just added load.
Operators can select any disc angle from
zero to nine degrees. In the fall, they typically
run the aggressive nine degree angle to
destroy as much of the residue as possible.
Guys normally run at the recommended
depth of two to three inches. That does a good
job of chopping the B.t. corn roots and turning
the stalks, he said.
Id say half or more of the residue
is covered in the fall. Soil contact helps the
bacteria break it down. In the spring, you just

need one pass with the discs running at zero
to have a nice seed bed. The most popular
setup seems to be a rolling basket with a tine
harrow.
Each arm is independent of the others,
which eliminates problems with ganged
systems that dont provide even pressure.
Each arm normally carries two wavy discs and
is spring loaded. Static pressure is 650 pounds
per sq. inch. Under full load, the pressure is
1,400 p.s.i.
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Twister customers in North Dakota and Minnesota use their
Mandako Twister tools to do something they call zone tillage.
Subsoil tillage or subsoiling is one strategy for ameliorating
compaction below a normal depth of tillage at eight to 12 inches,
says agricultural extension agent Jodi DeJong-Hughes from the
University of Minnesota.
The goal of this very aggressive tillage operation is to break up
compacted layers in the soil profile to a depth of 16 to 20 inches
and help with water infiltration and root growth.
Zone tillage is a specific form of deep tillage designed to only
disturb the soil in a narrow band directly below the crop row. The
soil and residue in the inter-row are undisturbed providing surface
cover and protecting the soil against erosion.
Dwight Johnson sells Mandako Twisters for North Country
Marketing in Fargo, N.D., covering North and South Dakota. He said
zone tillage machines are used in the fall to run coulters directly
over rows of crop thats just been harvested.
You still dont run deep, he said.
The Twister is really heavy duty, but its not intended to go
deep. You still run at two or three inches. But the secret is that you
run at 10 m.p.h. Weve had agronomists check these fields and they
always tell us that the fracturing goes down 12 inches or more, but
only if youre running fast like that.
The affected strip is usually about five inches wide. The gap
between the zone till strips should remain unaffected with the full
100 percent residue cover.
Producers can order concave discs, serrated

edge blades and rotary harrow finishers
supplied by Phillips, formerly Phoenix.
Peters said his company has sold more than
130 units in the two years since Twister has
been on the market. The list price is $2,200 per
foot, and the machine is available in sizes from
12 feet up to 40 feet, he added.
For more information, contact Peters at 204829-3348 or visit www.mandakoagri.com. To
watch a video interview visit www.producer.
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PRECISION
TILLAGE
WHERE ITS NEEDED
Story and Photos by Michael Raine
Until now, precision applications and

guidance have had a lesser role in tillage
operations, with the exception of strip till
systems.
However, Ontario farm equipment
manufacturer Salford has attached a set of
on-edge shanks to its tillage tools that can be
hydraulically lowered into the soil on demand
as the conditions warrant.
You can be addressing issues of
compaction in the field, or something like
ruts or additional trash that needs more
attention, said Anson Boak of Salford
You can do it in a single operation by just
lowering the hydraulics.

The active hydraulic, shank mounted
chisels can be set to have a trip pressure from
300 to 1,300 pounds for improved levelling
or deep ripping. They can be set from four to
eight inches in depth.
Raise the hydraulics and you are back to
vertical tillage. You use them only where you
need to and where you have planned to, he
said.
The new hydraulic shanks can be added to
the existing I model frames and can be placed
on 15 inch centres with shanks on the front
and rear ranks of the machines.
This allows for every second shank to be

lifted for fertilizer banding in 30 inch row corn
planting scenarios.
Adding seeding and fertilizer systems to
TOP: Salfords Plant 2 in Salford, Ont., is where
the companys seeding and tillage machines are
assembled.
CENTRE: Anson Boak
BOTTOM: Ingersoll discs await installation on the
Salford tillage equipment.
the toolbars can be done by adding coulter

type units or the new shanks.
The company is offering kits for anhydrous,
dry or liquid fertilizer applications. Broadcast
fertilizer systems can also be placed on the
toolbars. Heavy duty harrows are frame
mounted on most models and add to the
coulters ability to close the shanks furrows.
Mark Averink, who manages engineering
and development for Salford, said the
company has spent a couple of years on the

system in hopes of reducing the number of
trips a producer might make through the
field to accomplish seeding, fertilizing and
seedbed improvement.
He said the tillage pass incorporates
fertilizer in a single operation, which helps
reduce volatilization losses of nitrogen, saves
labour and machine hours and reduces soil
compaction.
TOP LEFT: Adjustable from 300 to 1,300 lb.,

Salfords new shank option is hydraulically
controlled.
TOP RIGHT: The system is controlled from the
cab and adds precision tillage and fertilization to
its lineup of tools that can be mounted on the
companys Independent series of vertical tillage
machines.
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WET YEARS
UNEARTH THE NEED
FOR CULTIVATION
Story and Photos by Michael Raine
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There was a time when till became a four

letter word in Western Canada. In the rural
southern prairies, the word kept company
with other seldom-heard words such as rain,
plow and cash.
But now the return of rain has dug up new
demand for tillage tools.
For three years Paul Degelmans company
has worked toward a tillage tool that can
cover a lot of ground in a hurry, as well as
handle the heavy trash that western Canadian
crops can leave behind.
The Regina company recognized the need
for limited amounts of tillage after several wet
seasons in a row.
But in the years before the rains returned,
many prairie farmers reduced their machinery
lineups to include little more than a minimum
or zero tillage seeding unit, a sprayer, swather
and combines.
Droughts and continuous cropping made
digging the ground a rare event.
We saw the need. Farmers were asking
for some new technology, not a traditional
cultivator, he said.
Not for every acre, not for every field,
every year. But when you have sloughs

growing outwards or rutted up or compacted
headlands, then it gives you the ability to deal
with those acres, he said.
Problems such as sprayer tracks and
heavy residue levels have created problems
in need of a solution that fits into a minimum
tillage environment, said Degelman.
His solution is the companys Pro-Till 40,
released this past summer.
Using two ranks of 20 inch, shallow dished

discs, mounted to independent, rubberspring mounted arms, the machine mixes
residue into the ground at speeds above eight
miles per hour.
Spaced on five inch centres, the Pro-Till
moves dirt first one direction and then back.
The 40 foot wide unit is effective at high field
speeds of 12 or more miles per hour, says
Degelman.
Its a heavy tool at 33,000 pounds and

needs 475 to 500 horsepower to move it
rapidly through the field.
We put a lot of iron into this thing to keep
in the soil in the dry ground of the fall, said
Degelman about the 7/8 inch and 1/2 inch
wall tubing used in the frame.
The frame is in three sections and has
a fore and aft flotation system that allows
vertical movement from the hitch. The unit
rolls around on high flotation, 24 inch wide
BKT made rubber, 46 inches high.
Discs are supported by sealed double ball
bearing hubs. When the discs encounter a
rock, four Rosta-made rubber springs that
sit between the square double walls of the
mount and the frame allow the shank to
move up and out the way and return it to its
natural position.
A standard heavy duty cage roller packer
that feathers the soil and firms it, readies the
ground for spring planting.
The packers shafts are 1.5 inches in
diameter and helically mounted to ensure the
soil is smooth after the discs level it. An Otico
semi-pneumatic rubber roller packer is also
available.
A notched disc is available for heavy soils.
In transport the machine folds forward to 20
feet and is 12 and half feet high.
For more on the Pro-Till 40, visit producer.
com for video.
FAR TOP LEFT: The unit is available with rubber

roller packers, top, or the steel cage roller shown
below.
ABOVE: The Protill is capable of single pass
seedbed preparation at high field speeds.
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The Joker gives you what vertical
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Unlike vertical tillage, the Joker is a true
residue management system. That means
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The Joker also consolidates the soil and
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TILLAGE
IN THE RIGHT AMOUNTS

KEEPS P AT HOME
Story by Robert Arnason
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A f i eld st udy has confirmed what

University of Manitoba scientists suspected:
periodic tilling significantly reduces
the amount of phosphorus that leaves
agricultural fields.
In a field experiment conducted in
southern Manitoba, researchers found that
phosphorus loss is reduced by 42 percent
when the conservation tillage cycle is broken
and the field is tilled every second year.
U of M soil scientist Kui Liu, who presented
the results of the study at the Canadian
Society of Soil Science conference in
Winnipeg July 25, said the significant decline
in phosphorus runoff, compared to fields that
were not tilled, is connected to the Nature of
phosphorus losses in a cold climate.
Previous U of M research had concluded
that most phosphorus on agricultural fields is
lost during the spring snow melt in Manitoba,
when soluble phosphorus runs off the field.
The amount of phosphorus in runoff
water is significantly higher on land where
conservation tillage is practised because the

nutrient accumulates in crop residue and the
top five centimetres of soil.
There is that stratification of phosphorus
at the surface and its taken up by the snow
melt runoff, said Jim Yarotski, an Agriculture
Canada hydrologist who participated in the
field scale study, which was conducted on
long-term no-till and conventionally tilled
fields in Manitobas South Tobacco Creek
watershed.
The stubble and top layer are worked back
into the soil profile if the field is cultivated,
which reduces the amount of phosphorus
exposed to the spring melt.
In the experiment, a field where
conservation tillage was historically practiced
was cultivated in the fall every other year:
2007, 2009 and 2011.
Water samples taken from the edge of the
field found that total dissolved phosphorus in
the water was 56 percent less than the total
dissolved phosphorus in uncultivated fields.
Don Flaten, a U of M soil scientist who

helped with the study, said the results
werent surprising.
He and his colleagues already knew that
soluble phosphorus in the crop residue and
the top layer of the soil profile are very
important factors in phosphorus runoff.
To see those substantial reductions was
pretty much on track with our hypothesis.
Yarotski said the findings in this study

apply to croplands across the Prairies.
You could take this information and
extrapolate it to areas that are dominated by
snow melt runoff.
It doesnt mean no-till farmers should buy
a new cultivator next week, but phosphorus
loss is a factor to consider, Yarotski said from
his office in Regina.
The research just leads producers to make
informed decisions. Now we know what the
impacts are, he said.
(But) you have to be conscious of all the
other good things about conservation tillage.
For example, where I am in Saskatchewan, if
you dont practice conservation tillage you
probably have your soil in Manitoba.
Flaten said the experiment doesnt apply
to land with steep slopes. Phosphorous is
more likely to wash off during rainstorms
in fields with hilly topography because the
phosphorus is attached to sediment.
In Manitoba, where nutrient loading into
creeks, rivers and Lake Winnipeg is a major

concern, no-till farmers may want to consider
occasional tillage to reduce phosphorus
runoff.
As well, Yarotski said the results should be
of interest to all farmers who want to reduce
nutrient losses.
Any time you can keep nutrients on your
land, theres a benefit to you, he said. Its
just economics.
FAR BOTTOM LEFT: University of Saskatchewan soil
scientist Don Flaten has found that reduced tillage
has resulted in increased phosphorous loss | WP
FILE PHOTO
RIGHT: Flatens research has shown that tillage
every other year reduces phosphorus run off by as
much as 56 percent when compared with no-till
fields.
| WP FILE PHOTO
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38 6 (11.73)
45 6 (12.3)
DIMENSIONS and WEIGHTS
Total weight, minimum, lb (kg)
11,600 (5261)
N/A
N/A
10,538 (4780)
Total weight, maximum, lb (kg)
21,300 (9620)
N/A
N/A
14,626 (6634)
Sizes available
12
Floating
Floating
Floating
Floating
HITCH and FRAME

Pull-type hitch system, rigid or floating
Frame left to right flexibility, rigid or flexible Flexible
Flexible
Flexible
Flexible
Frame tube section, in x in (mm x mm)
4 x 4 (101.6 x 101.6)
3 x 4 (76 x 102)
3 x 4 (76 x 102)
4 x 4 (101.6 x 101.6)
Number of ranks
Depth control
Positive mechanical
Positive mechanical
Positive mechanical
Positive mechanical
SHANKS
14
Shank spacing in, (mm)
8, 10, 12 (203, 254, 305)
6 (152)
6 (152)
8 or 10 (203 or 254)
Operating depth, maximum, in (mm)
N/A
N/A
N/A
8 (203)
Standard trip load, lb (kg)
330 (150)
150 (68.1)
150 (68.1)
550 (250)
Optional trip load, lb (kg)
450 (205)
N/A
N/A
350 (159)
Shank size, in x in (mm x mm)
N/A
5/8x1 3/4 (15.9x44.5)
5/8x1 3/4 (15.9x44.5)
1x2 (25x51)
Optional shank size, in x in (mm x mm)
N/A
N/A
N/A
7/8x2 (22x51)
Obstruction clearance, in (mm)
11 (275)
14 (355)
14 (355)
27 (686)
WHEELS and AXLES

Number of wheels
10 to 18
16
10
10
Transport wheel mounting
Walking tandem
Walking beam
Walking beam
Walking beam
3 to 6 (7 to 14)
4 to 7 (10 to 17)
4 to 7 (10 to 17)
N/A
N/A / Packer wheels
3 or 4
3 or 4
N/A
TRACTOR POWER REQUIREMENT

Required power, hp/ft (kW/m)
Optional ATTACHMENTS
Coil tine harrow, mounted, number of bars
Tine harrow, unspecified
3 or 4
N/A
N/A
Spike harrow, mounted, number of bars
N/A
N/A
End markers
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Rear hitch for trailing equipment
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Other
Air seeder system
Air seeder system
Air seeder system
Air seeder system
MAKE
FARM KING
FARM KING
FLEXI-COIL
GREAT PLAINS
Model
6000
7450
ST820, 5-Section
6300 Series
Frame configuration
3 Section, folding
3 Section, folding
44 (13.4)
26 (7.9)
43 0 (13.1)
20 7 (6.27)
60 (18.3)
44 (13.4)
62 0 (18.9)
32 3 (9.83)
N/A
10,940 (4962)
N/A
5,678 (2575)
N/A
14,029 (6364)
N/A
8,630 (3915)
Sizes available
19
HITCH and FRAME

Floating
Floating
Floating
Floating
Flexible
Flexible
Flexible
4 x 4 (101.6 x 101.6)
6 x 4 (101.6 x 101.6)
4 x 4 (101.6 x 101.6)
3 x 4 (76.2 x 101.6)
Number of ranks
Depth control
Positive mechanical
Positive mechanical
Single hydraulic cylinder
Single point
8, 10 or 12 (203, 254, 305)
12 (305)
9 (23) or 12 (30)
N/A
8 (203)
8 (203)
N/A
N/A
350 (159)
650 (295)
350 (160)
145 (65.77)
550 (250)
N/A
650 (295)
205 (92.99)
7/8x2 (22x51)
1 1/4 x 2 (31x51)
1 x 2 (2.5 x 5.1)
9/16x 1 3/4 (14.28 x

44.45)
1x2 (25x51)
N/A
1.25 x 2 (3.2 x 5.1)
N/A
30 (762)
27 (686)
N/A
N/A
Number of wheels
16
10
N/A
N/A
Walking beam
Walking beam
Walking beam
Walking beam
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
3 or 4
N/A
N/A
N/A
3, 4 or 5
End markers
N/A
N/A
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Other
Air seeder system
Air seeder system
Air seeder system
Air seeder system
SHANKS
WHEELS and AXLES

Supplement
15
to
CULTIVATORS
MAKE
GREAT PLAINS
GREAT PLAINS
GREAT PLAINS
JOHN DEERE
Model
6500 Series
7337
7500 Series
2210 Floating Hitch,

3-Section
Frame configuration
3 Section, folding
3 Section, folding
36 11 (11.25)
36 11 (11.25)
50 11 (15.52)
23 6 (7.19)
48 7 (14.81)
36 11 (11.25)
60 3 (18.36)
45 7 (13.9)
10,096 (4580)
10,096 (4580)
13,155 (5967)
7,343 (3330)
12,956 (5877)
10,096 (4580)
14,690 (6663)
11,919 (5406)
Sizes available
Floating
Floating
Floating
Floating
Flexible
Flexible
Flexible
3 x 4 (76.2 x 101.6)
3 x 4 (76.2 x 101.6)
3 x 4 (76.2 x 101.6)
4 x 4 (102 x 102)
Number of ranks
Depth control
Single point
Single point
Single point
Single point
N/A
N/A
N/A
4.5, 6, 9 (114, 152, 229)
N/A
N/A
N/A
5 (127)
145 (65.77)
145 (65.77)
145 (65.77)
150 (68.1)
205 (92.99)
205 (92.99)
205 (92.99)
200 (90.7)
9/16x 1 3/4 (14.28 x

44.45)
9/16x 1 3/4 (14.28 x

44.45)
9/16x 1 3/4 (14.28 x

44.45)
5/8 x 1 3/4 (14.7 x 44.5)
N/A
N/A
N/A
3/4 x 1 3/4 (19.1 x 44.5)
N/A
N/A
N/A
10 (254)
Number of wheels
N/A
N/A
N/A
Walking beam
Walking beam
Walking beam
Walking beam
N/A
N/A
N/A
4 to 8 (10 to 20)
3 or 4
3 or 4
3 or 4
3 or 4
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
3, 4 or 5
3, 4 or 5
3, 4 or 5
End markers
Optional
Optional
Optional
N/A
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Other
Air seeder system
Air seeder system
Air seeder system
Air seeder system
HITCH and FRAME

SHANKS
16
WHEELS And AXLES

MAKE
JOHN DEERE
JOHN DEERE
KONGSKILDE
KONGSKILDE
Model
2210 Floating Hitch,

5-Section
2210 Level-Lift
Vibro Till 2800 C-Shank
Vibro Till 2800 Double Fold
Frame configuration
3 Section, folding
3 Section, folding
43 6 (13.3)
20 6 (6.3)
16 8 (5.08)
33 2 (10.11)
64 6 (19.7)
45 7 (13.9)
33 2 (10.11)
49 7 (15.11)
17,175 (7789)
N/A
4,950 (2245)
11,700 (5307)
22,029 (9991)
N/A
8,800 (3992)
15,800 (7167)
Sizes available
Floating
Level-lift
Floating
Floating
Frame left to right flexibility,

rigid or flexible
Flexible
Flexible
Flexible
Flexible
4 x 4 (102 x 102)
4 x 4 (102 x 102)
4 x 6 (101.6 x 152.4)
4 x 6 (101.6 x 152.4)
Number of ranks
Depth control
Single point
Single point
Standard
Standard
4.5, 6, 9 (114, 152, 229)
4.5, 6, 9 (114, 152, 229)
6 (152.4)
6 (152.4)
5 (127)
5 (127)
N/A
N/A
150 (68.1)
150 (68.1)
N/A
N/A
200 (90.7)
200 (90.7)
N/A
N/A
5/8 x 1 3/4 (14.7 x 44.5)
5/8 x 1 3/4 (14.7 x 44.5)
N/A
N/A
3/4 x 1 3/4 (19.1 x 44.5)
3/4 x 1 3/4 (19.1 x 44.5)
N/A
N/A
10 (254)
10 (254)
N/A
N/A
Number of wheels
12
Walking beam
Walking beam
Walking tandem wheels
Walking tandem wheels
4 to 8 (10 to 20)
4 to 8 (10 to 20)
N/A
N/A
3 or 4
3 or 5
3 or 5
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
3 or 5
3 or 5
End markers
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Optional
Optional
N/A
N/A
Other
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
HITCH and FRAME
SHANKS
WHEELS and AXLES

Supplement
17
to
CULTIVATORS
MAKE
KONGSKILDE
Model
Frame configuration
KRAUSE
KRAUSE
LANDOLL
LANDOLL
LANDOLL
Vibro Till 2800-3 5630, 3-Section
5630, 5-Section
9805
9813
9815
3 Section,
folding
3 Section,
folding
5 Section,
multiple fold
5 Section,
multiple fold
3 Section,
folding
5 Section,
multiple fold
16 8 (5.08)
20 6 (6.25)
39 6 (12.04)
33 6 (10.21)
33 6 (10.21)
34 6 (10.52)
33 2 (10.11)
39 6 (12.04)
50 6 (15.39)
44 6 (13.56)
36 6 (11.13)
54 6 (16.61)
4,950 (2245)
8,002 (3630)
12,910 (5856)
10,140 (4500)
8,780 (3983)
10,240 (4645)
8,800 (3992)
13,263 (6016)
15,868 (7198)
11,740 (5325)
9,110 (4132)
13,060 (5924)
Sizes available
Floating
Floating
Floating
Floating
Floating
Floating
HITCH and FRAME

Flexible
Flexible
Flexible
Flexible
Flexible
4 x 6 (101.6 x
152.4)
3 x 4 (76.2 x
101.6)
3 x 4 (76.2 x
101.6)
4 x 3 (101.6 x
76.2)
4 x 3 (101.6 x
76.2)
4 x 3 (101.6 x
76.2)
Number of ranks
5 or 6
Depth control
Standard
Mechanical
depth control
Mechanical
depth control
Mechanical
depth control
Mechanical
depth control
Mechanical
depth control
SHANKS
6 (152.4)
6 (152.4)
6 (152.4)
6 (152.4)
6 (152.4)
6 (152.4)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
180 (81.65)
180 (81.65)
140 (63.50)
140 (63.50)
140 (63.50)
N/A
190 (86.18)
190 (86.18)
150 (68.04)
150 (68.04)
150 (68.04)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
WHEELS and AXLES
18
Number of wheels
10
10
10
Walking tandem
wheels
Walking
tandems
Walking
tandems
Walking
tandems
Walking
tandems
Walking
tandems
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
3 or 5
N/A
N/A
3 or 4
3 or 4
3 or 4
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

3 or 5
3 or 5
3 or 5
3 or 5
3 or 5
3 or 5
End markers
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
MAKE
NEW HOLLAND
NEW HOLLAND
SALFORD
SALFORD
Model
ST250, Double-Fold
ST250, Single-Fold
550 6 Bar S-Tine,

3-Section
550 C-Shank, 5-Section
Frame configuration
3 Section, folding
3 Section, folding
38 6 (11.73)
18 6 (5.63)
26 0 (7.92)
37 0 (11.27)
60 6 (18.44)
38 6 (11.73)
32 0 (9.75)
40 0 (12.19)
N/A
N/A
8,400 (3810)
10,500 (4763)
N/A
N/A
9,100 (4127)
10,800 (4899)
Sizes available
12
HITCH and FRAME

Self leveling w/adjustment Self leveling w/adjustment Floating
Floating

rigid or flexible
Flexible
Flexible
Flexible
Flexible
3 x 4 (76 x 102)
3 x 4 (76 x 102)
4 x 6 (101.6 x 152.4)
4 x 6 (101.6 x 152.4)
Number of ranks
Depth control
Positive mechanical
Positive mechanical
Single point depth control
6 (152)
6 (152)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
150 (68.1)
150 (68.1)
110 (49.90)
200 - 270 (90.7 - 122.5)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
7/8 x 1 3/4 (15.9x44.5)
7/8 x 1 3/4 (15.9x44.5)
1/2 x 1 3/4 (12 x 44.5)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
20 (508)
24 (609)
Number of wheels
16
10
12
Walking beam
Walking beam
Tandem transport wheels
Tandem transport wheels
4 to 7 (10 to 17)
4 to 7 (10 to 17)
N/A
N/A
Coil tine harrow, mounted, number of

bars
3 or 4
3 or 4
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
End markers
N/A
N/A
Optional
Optional
N/A
N/A
Optional
Optional
Other
Air seeder system
Air seeder system
Air seeder system
Air seeder system
SHANKS
WHEELS and AXLES

Supplement
19
to
CULTIVATORS
MAKE
SUNFLOWER
SUNFLOWER
SUNFLOWER
UNVERFERTH
Model
5035
5135
5055
Folding Perfecta II S-Tine
Frame configuration
3 Section, fold
3, 5 Section, multiple fold
3 Section, fold
18 6
36 6 (11.1)
44 6 (13.6)
18 0 (5.49)
36 6
42 6 (13)
62 6 (10.11)
28 0 (8.53)
6,000 (2721)
10,800 (4199)
14,000 (6350)
2,355 (1068)
10,450 (4740)
11,950 (5420)
19,500 (8845)
3,575 (1622)
Sizes available
10
Floating
Self leveling w/adjustment Self leveling w/adjustment N/A

rigid or flexible
Flexible
Flexible
Flexible
Rigid / Flexible
4 x 4 (102 x 102)
4 x 4 (102 x 102)
4 x 4 (102 x 102)
2 x 4 (50.8 x 101.6)
Number of ranks
Depth control
Adjustable
6 (152)
6 (152)
6 (152)
6 (152.4)
N/A
N/A
N/A
2 - 6 (50.8 - 152.4)
190
190
190
N/A
190
190
190
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
10 (240)
10 (240)
10 (240)
N/A
Number of wheels
10
10
16
Walking beam
Walking beam
Walking beam
N/A
4 to 7 (10 to 17)
4 to 7 (10 to 17)
4 to 7 (10 to 17)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
End markers
Optional
Optional
Optional
N/A
Optional
Optional
Optional
N/A
Other
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
HITCH and FRAME
SHANKS
20
WHEELS and AXLES

MAKE
UNVERFERTH
WIL-RICH
WIL-RICH
WIL-RICH
Model
Rigid Perfecta II S-Tine,
Excel 11 Main Frame
Excel 13 Main Frame
QuadX 13 Main Frame
Frame configuration
Non-folding
3 Section, folding
3 6 (1.07)
25 6 (7.77)
32 1 (9.78)
32 1 (9.78)
20 0 (6.10)
40 3 (12.27)
57 9 (17.60)
57 9 (17.60)
531 (240.9)
8,109 (3678)
10,854 (4923)
10,854 (4923)
2,310 (1048)
11,963 (5426)
14,861 (6741)
14,861 (6741)
Sizes available
10
10
N/A
Floating
Floating
Floating

rigid or flexible
Rigid / Flexible
Flexible
Flexible
Flexible
2 x 4 (50.8 x 101.6)
3 x 4 (76.2 x 101.6)
3 x 4 (76.2 x 101.6)
3 x 4 (76.2 x 101.6)
Number of ranks
Depth control
Adjustable
6 (152.4)
7 (178)
7 (178)
7 (178)
2 - 6 (50.8 - 152.4)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
120 (54.43)
120 (54.43)
120 (54.43)
N/A
240 (108.86)
240 (108.86)
240 (108.86)
N/A
5/8 x 1 3/4 (14.7 x 44.5)
5/8 x 1 3/4 (14.7 x 44.5)
5/8 x 1 3/4 (14.7 x 44.5)
N/A
3/4 x 1 3/4 (19.1 x 44.5)
3/4 x 1 3/4 (19.1 x 44.5)
3/4 x 1 3/4 (19.1 x 44.5)
N/A
24 (609.6)
24 (609.6)
24 (609.6)
Number of wheels
12
12
18
N/A
Walking tandem axles
N/A
5 to 7 (12 to 17)
5 to 7 (12 to 17)
5 to 7 (12 to 17)
N/A
N/A
N/A
3 or 5
3 or 5
3 or 5
End markers
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Optional
Optional
Optional
Other
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
HITCH and FRAME
SHANKS
WHEELS and AXLES

Supplement
21
to
CULTIVATORS
MAKE
WIL-RICH
WIL-RICH
WIL-RICH
Model
QuadX 16 Main Frame
Excel 11 Main Frame
Excel 13 Main Frame
Frame configuration
3 Section, folding
39 1 (11.91)
25 6 (7.77)
32 1 (9.78)
60 1 (18.31)
40 3 (12.27)
57 9 (17.60)
11,883 (5390)
8,109 (3678)
10,854 (4923)
16,007 (7261)
11,963 (5426)
14,861 (6741)
Sizes available
10
Floating
Floating
Floating
HITCH and FRAME

Flexible
Flexible
3 x 4 (76.2 x 101.6)
3 x 4 (76.2 x 101.6)
3 x 4 (76.2 x 101.6)
Number of ranks
Depth control
SHANKS
22
7 (178)
7 (178)
7 (178)
N/A
N/A
N/A
120 (54.43)
120 (54.43)
120 (54.43)
240 (108.86)
240 (108.86)
240 (108.86)
5/8 x 1 3/4 (14.7 x 44.5)
5/8 x 1 3/4 (14.7 x 44.5)
5/8 x 1 3/4 (14.7 x 44.5)
3/4 x 1 3/4 (19.1 x 44.5)
3/4 x 1 3/4 (19.1 x 44.5)
3/4 x 1 3/4 (19.1 x 44.5)
24 (609.6)
24 (609.6)
24 (609.6)
WHEELS and AXLES

Number of wheels
18
12
12
5 to 7 (12 to 17)
5 to 7 (12 to 17)
5 to 7 (12 to 17)

3 or 5
3 or 5
3 or 5
End markers
N/A
N/A
N/A
Optional
Optional
Optional
Other
N/A
N/A
N/A
VERTICAL TILLAGE
MAKE
CASE IH
AGCO SUNFLOWER
AGCO SUNFLOWER
DEGELMAN
Model
True Tandem 330 Turbo
6630
6631
Protill
Fore-aft configuration
Blade on blade-rolling
basket
Blade on blade-spiral reel
Blade on blade-rubber
roller or spiral reel
Primary blade type, disc, coulter or

turbo
Turbo coulter
Disc
Disc
disc or notched disc
Manufacturers description of blades
Turbo blade
Sunflower saber blade
smooth or notched disc
Working width, minimum, ft-in (m)
22 2 (6.76)
21 8 (6.63)
35 (10.67)
33 (10)
47 2 (14.38)
32 8 (9.99)
40 (12)
40 (12)
Weight, minimum, lb (kg)
15,090 (6845)
12,192 (5530)
N/A
29,000 (13200)
Weight, maximum, lb (kg)
32,815 (14884)
18,980 (8609)
N/A
33,000 (14,550)
Sizes available, number of widths
Blade diameter, in (mm)
20 (508)
22 (559)
22 (559)
20 (508)
Blade spacing, in (mm)
7.5 (191)
7.5 (191)
7.5 (191)
5 (125)
Blade edge profile
Turbo pattern
Crimped, 25 flutes,
saw-tooth profile
Crimped, 25 flutes,
saw-tooth profile
Smooth or notched
Blade concavity
Shallow concavity
Shallow 1.5 (38) concavity
Shallow 1/4 thick disc
Gangs
Gangs w/ C-flex standards
Individual on rubber torsion

system
Front angle of gang or blades, degrees 18
18
18
17
Rear angle of gang or blades, degrees
18
18
14
CONFIGURATION
DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHTS
BLADES
BLADE MOUNTING
Blade mounting, on gangs or
standards
18
23
PACKER
14 (356)
10.25 (260)
11 or 14 (279 or 356)
N/A
Bars or blades on circumference
Flat or round bars, spiral

pattern
6 Spiral blades
Flat blades or round bars
Rubber roller or 1 1/2 rod

basket
Harrow tooth, spike or coil tine
Coil tine optional
Tine
No option
N/A
Harrow gangs
3-bar optional
3 or 6 row
No option
N/A
Transport tire, largest size
16.5x16.1 FI E
N/A
380/55 R16.5
600/50R22.5
Wing tire, largest size
12.5Lx15 FI D
N/A
380/55 R16.5
600/50R22.5
7 to 11 (17 to 27)
8 to 10 (20 to 24)
N/A
N/A
HARROW
to
TIRES
TRACTOR POWER RECOMMENDATIONS

Power per width of cut, hp/ft (kW/m)
Supplement
Rolling Diameter, in (mm)
VERTICAL TILLAGE
MAKE
Model
CONFIGURATION
GREAT PLAINS
Turbo-Chopper
HORSCH
Joker MT
HORSCH
Joker RT
JOHN DEERE
2623VT
Blade-rolling chopperrolling spike-reel
20 Offset notched discs
basket

turbo
Turbo coulter
Blade-blade-harrow
Blade-blade-harrow
Disc front, turbo rear
Turbo coulter
Notched disc
Notched disc
Solid spherical front; Solid

13 wave rear
11 8 (3.56)
40 6 (12.34)
5,600 (2540)
16,500 (7484)
6
13 4 (4.1)
20 (6.1)
6,458 (2929)
9,635 (4370)
3
23 4 (7.1)
36 8 (11.2)
11,500 (5216)
18,500 (8,319)
3
20 9 (6.32)
40 8 (12.40)
14,983 (6796)
28,641 (12991)
6
20 (508)
10 (254)
20 (508)
N/A
20 (508)
N/A
Blade edge profile
Fluted
Notched
Notched
Blade concavity
Flat centre
Concave
Concave
22 (559)
7.25 (184)
Solid spherical front; solid
13 wave rear
Shallow concavity front &
rear
BLADE MOUNTING
Blade Mounting, on Gangs or Standards
Front angle of gang or blades, degrees
PACKER
Gangs w/ C-shank
standards
Straight, no angle
No rear gang

system
N/A
N/A

system
N/A
N/A
18 (457)
6 Spiral blades
Roll flex spring rolling

packer
Curved steel bars parallel
to travel

packer
to travel
packer
Gang mounted

BLADES
24
Gangs w/ C-spring
standards
21
19
14 (356)
10 Round bars standard;
flat bars optional
HARROW
Rolling spike
Harrow gangs
TIRES
Single row across

packer
Gang mounted
380/55R 16.5, F
12.5Lx15, F
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
340/65 R18, LR H
11L-15, FI LR D
10 to 13 (24 to 32)
10 to 13 (24 to 32)
10 to 13 (24 to 32)
8.5 to 11 (21 to 27)
No option
No option
MAKE
CASE IH
AGCO SUNFLOWER
AGCO SUNFLOWER
DEGELMAN
Model
True Tandem 330 Turbo
6630
6631
Protill
basket
Blade on blade-rubber
roller or spiral reel

turbo
Turbo coulter
Disc
Disc
Disc or notched disc
Turbo blade
Smooth or notched disc
22 2 (6.76)
21 8 (6.63)
35 (10.67)
33 (10)
47 2 (14.38)
32 8 (9.99)
40 (12)
40 (12)
15,090 (6845)
12,192 (5530)
N/A
29,000 (13200)
32,815 (14884)
18,980 (8609)
N/A
33,000 (14,550)
20 (508)
22 (559)
22 (559)
20 (508)
7.5 (191)
7.5 (191)
7.5 (191)
5 (125)
Blade edge profile
Turbo pattern
Crimped, 25 flutes,
saw-tooth profile
Crimped, 25 flutes,
saw-tooth profile
Smooth or notched
Blade concavity
Shallow concavity
Shallow 1/4 thick disc
Gangs

system
Front angle of gang or blades, degrees 18
18
18
17
18
18
14
CONFIGURATION
BLADES
BLADE MOUNTING
standards
18
PACKER
25
14 (356)
10.25 (260)
11 or 14 (279 or 356)
N/A
Flat or round bars, spiral

pattern
6 Spiral blades
Rubber roller or 1 1/2 rod

basket
Coil tine optional
Tine
No option
N/A
Harrow gangs
3-bar optional
3 or 6 Row
No option
N/A
16.5x16.1 FI E
N/A
380/55 R16.5
600/50R22.5
12.5Lx15 FI D
N/A
380/55 R16.5
600/50R22.5
7 to 11 (17 to 27)
8 to 10 (20 to 24)
N/A
N/A
HARROW
to
TIRES

Supplement
VERTICAL TILLAGE
MAKE
Model
CONFIGURATION
GREAT PLAINS
Turbo-Chopper
HORSCH
Joker MT
HORSCH
Joker RT
JOHN DEERE
2623VT
Blade-rolling chopperrolling spike-reel
basket

turbo
Turbo coulter
Blade-blade-harrow
Blade-blade-harrow
Disc front, turbo rear
Turbo coulter
Notched disc
Notched disc
Solid spherical front; Solid

13 wave rear
11 8 (3.56)
40 6 (12.34)
5,600 (2540)
16,500 (7484)
6
13 4 (4.1)
20 (6.1)
6,458 (2929)
9,635 (4370)
3
23 4 (7.1)
36 8 (11.2)
11,500 (5216)
18,500 (8,319)
3
20 9 (6.32)
40 8 (12.40)
14,983 (6796)
28,641 (12991)
6
20 (508)
10 (254)
20 (508)
N/A
20 (508)
N/A
Blade edge profile
Fluted
Notched
Notched
Blade concavity
Flat centre
Concave
Concave
22 (559)
7.25 (184)
Solid spherical front; solid
13 wave rear
Shallow concavity front &
rear
BLADE MOUNTING
standards
Front angle of gang or blades, degrees
PACKER
Gangs w/ C-shank
standards
Straight, no angle
No rear gang

system
N/A
N/A

system
N/A
N/A
18 (457)
6 Spiral blades

packer
to travel

packer
to travel
packer
Gang mounted

BLADES
26
Gangs w/ C-spring
standards
21
19
14 (356)
10 Round bars standard;
flat bars opt.
HARROW
Rolling spike
Harrow gangs
TIRES
Single row across

packer
Gang mounted
380/55R 16.5, F
12.5Lx15, F
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
340/65 R18, LR H
11L-15, FI LR D
10 to 13 (24 to 32)
10 to 13 (24 to 32)
10 to 13 (24 to 32)
8.5 to 11 (21 to 27)
No option
No option
MAKE
MANDANKO
SALFORD
SUMMERS
WIL-RICH
Model
Twister
RTS Heavy Duty Extreme/4100
Supercoulter Plus
5800 Vertical Tillage
basket
Blade on blade-bladeharrow/basket
Blade on blade-harrow/
basket
Blade on blade-harrow

turbo
Coulter
Disc and coulter
Coulter
Coulter
Wavy, sawtooth or Razor
Heavy duty mountings
Supercoulter plus
Wavy coulter
6 (2)
18 (5.49)
15 (4.57)
10 (3.05)
40 (12)
60 (15.24)
50 (15.24)
59 (17.98)
N/A
11,200 (5080)
8,475 (3844)
4,263 (1934)
N/A
34,800 (15818)
23,346 (10590)
18,737 (8499)
10
10
35
18 (450), 20 (508)
22 (559)
22 (559)
17 (432)
6 (150)
7.5 (191)
10 (254)
Dual pairs 6 (152); 12 (308)

shank spacing
Blade edge profile
Adjustable
Disc smooth edge; Coulter

smooth wave
Front flat, smooth; Rear

13-wave
8-wave or 12-wave
Blade concavity
Shallow concavity 1/2, 3/4

or 1
Disc shallow concave;

coulter wavy
Flat centre
Flat centre
Shank
Individual rubber-spring
mounts
Gangs w/ C-shank standards
Dual blades on spring

shanks, 4-bar frame
Front angle of gang or blades, degrees Adjustable
Straight, no angle
Straight, no angle
Straight, no angle
Rear angle of gang or blades, degrees Adjustable
Straight, no angle
Straight, no angle
Straight, no angle
CONFIGURATION
BLADES
BLADE MOUNTING
standards
14 (356)
13 (330)
No rear attachment
N/A
8 Blades, spiral pattern
No rear attachment
N/A
Coil tine
Spring tine o ptional
Coil tine
Harrow gangs
N/A
3-bar
3-bar
3-bar
N/A
N/A
340/65R18
13.5 FI
N/A
N/A
12.5Lx15
11Lx15, 12 ply
7 to 11 (17 to 27)
7 to 12 (17 to 29)
6 to 10 (15 to 24)
N/A
HARROW
TIRES

N/A
to
Supplement
PACKER
27
HARROWS
MAKE
BRANDT
BOURGAULT
DEGELMAN
FLEXICOIL
Model
Contour Commander 5000,

7000, 8200
7200
Strawmaster 7000
Heavy Harrow 85
Folding (Multi-Section) or narrow fold
Rear fold
Rear fold
Wingback or narrow
Rear fold
50 (16)
48 (14.5)
50 or 22 for narrow
30 (9.1)
82 (25.5)
84 (26)
82 or 30 for narrow
82 (25)
10,555 (4797)
8,360 (3792)
10,295 (4679) or 4,250

(1931) for narrow
6,350 (2880)
19,870 (9031)
13,780 (6250)
14158 (6435) or 5,310

(2413) for narrow
12960 (5879)
Sizes available
Tine size inches
9/16
9/16 x 26
5/8 x 26
1/2
Optional tine size
5/8
5/8 x 26
N/A
9/16
Trailer height adjustment
Hydraulic
Hydraulic
Ratchet or opt hydraulic /

Narrow ratchet only
Hydraulic
Angle adjuster manual/hydraulic
Manual std / Hydraulic opt
Hydraulic
Manual crank std / Hydrau- Hydraulic

lic opt / Narrow manual only
3.6 to 4.7 (8.7 to 11.3)
N/A
3.6 to 4.7 (8.7 to 11.3)
TINE SIZE AND ANGLES
TRACTOR POWER REQUIREMENTS

28
N/A
MAKE
MORRIS
PILLAR LASERS
RITE WAY
RITE WAY
Model
Field Pro
Field Sergeant
Jumbo Harrow 7100
Jumbo Harrow 8100
Rear fold
Rear fold
Rear fold
Folding (Multi-Section) or narrow fold Rear fold

50 (15.24)
52 (17)
28 (9.5)
33 (10)
70 (21.33)
84 (26)
73 (22.8)
90 (28.1)
9,310 (4232)
N/A
N/A
N/A
13,800 (6273)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Sizes available
Tine size inches
9/16 x 27
9/16 x 26
9/16 x 28
9/16 x 28
Optional tine size
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Hydraulic
Hydraulic
Hydraulic
Hydraulic
Manual std / Hydraulic opt
Hydraulic
Hydraulic
Hydraulic
N/A
3.6 to 4.7 (8.7 to 11.3)
N/A
N/A
MAKE
SUMMERS
SUMMERS
TORMASTER
Model
Superharrow Plus
Superharrow 2650
Heavy Harrow
Rear fold
Rear fold
Folding (Multi-Section) or narrow fold Rear fold

40 (12.5)
84 (26)
88 (27)
80 (22)
9,146 (4157)
10,953 (4978)
N/A
15,770 (7168)
15,888 (7221)
N/A
Sizes available
Tine size inches
9/16 x 26
1/2 x 26
5/8 x 30
Optional tine size
N/A
N/A
N/A
Hydraulic
Hydraulic
Hydraulic
Hydraulic
Hydraulic
Hydraulic
3 to 4.9 (7.2 to 11.8)
2.8 to 4.8 (6.7 to 11.6)
N/A

29
56 (17)
to
36 (11.6)
Supplement
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TILLAGE

harnessing the power of

Beyond precision to decision.

4 When is tillage not tillage?

when it gets vertical

into a firm, pure seedbed. Seeds dont like a

they know what vertical tillage is.

FAR LEFT: Salford dealer Don Droesch

straight down soil movement.

by early afternoon and you can go seeding,

Canola, for example, should go in at

Farmers learned long ago that tillage

user. With that guiding thought, the company

Peters said that with all that frame stress,

FAR LEFT: Although Twister runs zero degrees to

carrying the weight, its part of the frame. Its

bacteria break it down. In the spring, you just

Whats zone tillage?

Making Seeding Simple!

Producers can order concave discs, serrated

Until now, precision applications and

lowering the hydraulics.

This allows for every second shank to be

the toolbars can be done by adding coulter

company has spent a couple of years on the

TOP LEFT: Adjustable from 300 to 1,300 lb.,

FROM SPRING TO FALL

Case IH True Tandem 330 Turbo

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Using two ranks of 20 inch, shallow dished

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FAR TOP LEFT: The unit is available with rubber

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IN THE RIGHT AMOUNTS

A f i eld st udy has confirmed what

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Don Flaten, a U of M soil scientist who

Yarotski said the findings in this study

creeks, rivers and Lake Winnipeg is a major

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5 Section, multiple fold

Working width, minimum,ft-in (m)

Working width, maximum, ft-in (m)

DIMENSIONS and WEIGHTS

Total weight, minimum, lb (kg)

Total weight, maximum, lb (kg)

HITCH and FRAME